Tuesday

Paris Hilton has landed another big name collaboration for her upcoming music comeback, with Snoop Dogg agreeing to record a track with her.The 30-year-old released her debut album, Paris, in 2006. She is now aiming to relaunch her pop career with a second record.

She has been working with stars including LMFAO and producer and DJ Afrojack. She has now revealed she has also persuaded rapper Snoop Dogg to lend his talent to the project."I'm doing my new album, and Afrojack is actually executive-producing the entire thing. There are a lot of very cool collaborations on my album. It should be out in the next few months.

Monday

British soul and R&B singer Seal, who announced he has split from his wife Heidi Klum after seven years of marriage, says they are not getting divorced."There is nothing to reconcile. We haven't fallen out. We're not getting divorced. We're not even legally separated. We are separated. The reality of the situation is we have grown apart. And so ... is there a chance of us getting back together? Honestly... don't know. I don't know the answer to that,".The 48-year-old is raising four children — Leni, 7, Henry, 6, Johan, 5, and two-year-old Lou.

Kim Kardashian took the co-seat today on Live With Kelly, where she addressed her failed marriage to Kris Humprhies, but what did the reality star have to say about it? The star of Kourtney and Kim Take New York says that it was definitely not staged, but then what happened? Read on to hear what Kim Kardashian wanted to share!

Kim Kardashian has received massive backlash since ending her marriage to Kris Humphries after only 72 days. With boycotts everywhere, Kim Kardashian was hoping to clear some things up while she was co-hosting Live With Kelly this morning. While on the show, Kim spoke about her failed marriage and said: “I’m such a hopeless romantic. I wanted to believe in something so badly. But if you really think about it, if this was a business decision and I really made all that money that everyone was claiming that we made off this wedding, and if the wedding was fake and just for TV – I’m a smart businesswoman, I would’ve stayed married longer. I really didn’t think following my heart would create this much backlash.”

Saturday

Elizabeth Smart, whose kidnapping and survival story has captivated the state and nation, is engaged to be married.And the nuptials of Utah’s semi-celebrity are likely to be the sparkling cider toast — and talk — of the town.The 24-year-old Smart, a senior at BYU, plans to marry in the summer after becoming engaged last weekend, Chris Thomas of Intrepid Communications confirmed Friday.

Thomas declined to identify Smart’s fiance or provide details about how the two met, but wedding registries online at Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn list a July 1 wedding date for an Elizabeth Smart and Matthew Gilmour in Utah.Gilmour is from Scotland. The two apparently met while Smart was serving an LDS mission in France last year.Those clamoring for information on whether the blushing bride-to-be will wear her hair up or down, choose lilies or roses for her reception, and if she will say yes to a dress designed by Vera Wang, Monique Lhuillier or local designer Maggie Sottero may be disappointed.

Mr Horta-Osorio, who only returned to work this week after two months off due to a stress-related sleeping disorder, could have potentially received an annual bonus worth £2.39m on top of his £1.06m salary.Despite turning down his annual bonus, Mr Horta-Osorio is still eligible for a share grant for the last 12 months under a long-term incentive plan worth as much as £4.46m.

Declining his annual bonus, the Portuguese banker admitted his recent leave of absence had had "an impact both inside and outside the bank including for shareholders" and said he had told the Lloyds board he did not wish to be considered for the payment."As chief executive, I believe my bonus entitlement should reflect the performance of the group but also the tough financial circumstances that many people are facing," said Mr Horta-Osorio.

Four years after the credit crisis began, the total paid by taxpayers during 2010/2011 increased by 10pc on 2009/10 to more than £447bn, close on the pre-credit crisis peak for total revenues of £451bn in 2007/2008.In addition to record receipts from income tax, last January's increase in the standard rate of VAT to 20pc boosted returns from £70bn to £85bn.Changes to National Insurance Contributions (NICs), including doubling the top rate paid by employees with income above £42,484 a year, lifted returns from NICS to nearly £97bn.

Richard Mannion, a director of accountants Smith & Williamson, said: "Taxes have risen while the economy has remained flat and that scenario is likely to be repeated in the current tax year, 2011/12."The main factors are the increase in VAT and increases in income tax payable by the better-off, rather than an economic recovery. Total income tax set a new record in 2010/11 which presumably reflects the new 50pc top rate and the loss of personal allowances for better off taxpayers under Pay As You Earn.

The Supreme Court under the watch of Chief Justice Renato Corona has been weighed and found wanting.The World Bank has uncovered questionable procurements and disbursements in the high court in connection with the Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP). The project, partly funded by a World Bank loan of $21.9 million (P930.75 million at an exchange rate of P42.50 to $1), was designed to restore efficiency in the dispensation of justice in the country.

In an aide memoire, the World Bank said that since Corona assumed his post in mid-2010, progress in reforming the judiciary “has been rated unsatisfactory,” with “implementation delays and additional work required for smooth project closing.”The document detailed the results of a fiduciary review conducted by a World Bank task team on Oct. 24-Nov. 11, 2011, through discussions with justices of the high court and field visits to courts all over the country.“The review discloses that the fiduciary environment pertaining to JRSP implementation has so deteriorated that the task team now rates the JRSP as a ‘high risk’ and ‘unsatisfactory’ on project management, project procurement and financial management dimensions, and observes that project financial statements can no longer be relied upon,” the World Bank said.

The review uncovered, among others, “inaccurate/incomplete information” on the project’s financial management report, “diminished existing internal check-and-balance mechanism,” purchase of information technology equipment outside of the agreed procurement plan, and the practice of borrowing funds from the loan for the justices’ foreign travels, paid to a travel agency owned by lawyer Estelito Mendoza.The World Bank is now demanding a refund of $199,900, covering “70 payments” deemed “ineligible” or unauthorized under the terms of the JRSP, by Jan. 31.

The World Bank initiated the fiduciary review when Corona was already appointed Chief Justice by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo despite an election ban.It said the review was “triggered by several withdrawal applications” presented to the World Bank by the tribunal’s Program Management Office (PMO), “which seemed to signal a sudden and significant increase in the disbursement in the latter half of 2011.”“The project result indicators depict achievements in several areas, but significant missed opportunities due to capacity and coordination constraints and delays in decision-making, procurement and contracting,” it said.Included in the “ineligible” purchases were the printing supply of the Court Reporter’s Case Index, purchase of laptop computers, speaker’s fee for seminars, registration fee of justices attending international conferences, and foreign travels of justices and their staff (including airfare, hotel accommodations and meal allowances).

Asked to comment, Ramon Esguerra, a spokesperson of Corona’s legal team, on Saturday said the accusation was “not in any way connected to any of the articles of impeachment” against the Chief Justice.He said it was the high court as a whole, and not Corona alone, that should respond to the accusation.“Two days before the opening of the trial and there’s this story?” Esguerra told the Inquirer by phone. “The barrage of black propaganda has not ceased. In fact, it’s now coming out with greater intensity.”Esguerra said media reports on Corona’s alleged ill-gotten wealth, as well as the latest on the supposed fund mismanagement at the high court, were all part of “a pattern of harassment intended to demonize the Chief Justice in the eyes of the public.”

“It’s very unfair,” he protested.Corona himself said “it’s hard to answer that [accusation]” because he had yet to read the World Bank aide memoire.The Inquirer sought his comment after a Tridentine Mass held late Saturday afternoon at the Supreme Court grounds, the last of novena Masses for the embattled Chief Justice.Corona attended the Mass with his wife and more than 100 sympathizers, including former Philippine Commission on Good Government Chair Camilo Sabio.The Chief Justice also said he had yet to decide whether he would attend the opening of his impeachment trial on Monday, contradicting Esguerra’s statement that he would show up.

According to the World Bank, the diminished internal auditing mechanism in the high court was exemplified by Corona’s appointment of one man as court administrator, head of the Public Information Office, and chair of the Bids and Awards Committee.The court administrator was authorized to approve, on Corona’s behalf, payments of up to P200,000 which was later increased to P500,000, the World Bank said.“Lack of appropriate segregation of duties of key officials involved in the JRSP has created a breakdown of the control environment, increased fiduciary and reputation risks, and led to irregular/inappropriate procurement and expenditure decisions,” it said.Without naming Jose Midas Marquez, the World Bank said “this senior official, due to the combination of his appointments and functions, was the requestor of the services, the approver of the terms of reference, the end-user of the services provided by the firm, the authorizer of contract extensions, and the authorizer of payments to the firm.”It said this arrangement, among others, “present[ed] a conflict of interest and eliminate[d] internal checks and balances applicable to the procurement and disbursement functions.”

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The World Bank approved the loan in 2003 (Loan No. 7191-PH) “to assist the borrower in developing a more effective and accessible judiciary that would foster public trust and confidence through the implementation of the Supreme Court’s Action Program for Judicial Reform (APJR).”The JRSP is the World Bank’s term for its financial support for the APJR, the brainchild of then Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., who envisioned the much-needed judicial reforms to be bankrolled by combined resources from the national budget, the judiciary’s own funds and financing from development partners.The four project components involved improving case adjudication and access to justice (i.e., mobile courts); enhancing institutional integrity (i.e., Code of Ethics and related training of judges and judicial personnel); strengthening the institutional capacity of the judiciary (i.e., e-Library); and support for the reform of the judicial system and for the high court’s PMO.The judicial reform covered six key areas: judicial system procedures, institutional development, human resources development, integrity infrastructure development, access to justice by the poor, and reform support systems.The World Bank has participated in all six areas; six other development partners have varying degrees of exposure to the APJR.The loan was to expire on Dec. 31, 2009, during the incumbency of Chief Justice Reynato Puno. But the World Bank extended the closing date twice—first by 18 months (until June 30, 2011), and then by 12 months (until June 30, 2012).But due to questions over the fiscal discipline of the tribunal in adhering to loan stipulations, the World Bank canceled the final tranche of the loan amounting to $0.5 million.

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Friday

Fabiana Semprebom born May 26, 1984 in Londrina, Parana, Brazil.She is a Brazilian fashion model. She is the daughter of a Brazilian father and an Italian-American mother and she is engaged to Argentinian tennis player Guillermo Ignacio Canas. She is represented by Louisa Models, Supreme, Ford Models (New York/LA), Mega Models (Sao Paulo), 1st Option Model Management (Copenhagen), Women Management (Milan), Ford Models Europe (Paris). She was discovered by an agent from Sao Paulo while she was shopping at a local mall.

Juliana Martins born on October 3, 1984.She is a Brazilian model. She worked for Sports Illustrated, and contested in the 1997 Elite Model Look. Juliana Martins was labeled the Brazilian Cindy Crawford by John Casablancas when she was thirteen years old .

Ana Beatriz Barros born 29 May 1982.She is a Brazilian model known for her work with Guess?, bebe, Victoria's Secret, Chanel cosmetics, and Jennifer Lopez's JLO fashion line.Barros was born in a small town of Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to Sônia, a housewife, and Reinato Barros, a mechanical engineer. Later, her family moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she spent her childhood.Barros is of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian ancestry and is the youngest of three sisters; Patricia, who is also a well known model,and Malu.

Thursday

Adriana Lima is one of Brazil’s finest exports. Men know her best as one of the elite Victoria’s Secret Angels, an association that has allowed her to participate in many company events such as ritzy runway shows and popular Super Bowl ads for the past decade. The reach of Adriana Lima’s fame has extended beyond the many pop culture branches of the Victoria’s Secret umbrella, allowing her to experiment with other top-line modeling campaigns, runway appearances and acting projects.

The Teen Mom 2 star, 20, was arrested Tuesday morning in Brunswick County, North Carolina for "communicating threats" and making "harassing phone calls" to her ex-roommate Hannah Inman.Evans posted a $1,000 bond and was released. Her attorney Dustin Sullivan said these charges against Jenelle are completely absurd and retaliatory in nature."The young mother is already on probation for a 2011 street fight with another woman.

The 31-year-old actress split from her long-term boyfriend Derek Jeter last August.She was single when the hunky actor made a play for her a few months later, but was apparently not ready to start a new relationship.“A source claims that Kelly, 31, ‘declined’ an invitation from Gyllenhaal, 31, when he asked her on a date last fall,”.According to the insider, Minka was trying to rekindle her relationship with baseball star Derek when Jake proposed an outing.She decided to focus on her former love, which seems to have been the right more. It’s thought Minka and Derek reunited shortly before the holidays in December as they have been seen together several times.Jake is currently single, although he’s been linked to several women in the past. The star’s relationship with Reese Witherspoon broke down in 2009 and he went on to find love with Taylor Swift.

Minka Dumont Kelly born June 24, 1980.She is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels.

This year is going to be exciting for Amal Maher. Following a successful comeback late last year, there's plenty in store for the Egyptian singer, with a new single and music video out this month and plenty of shows coming up.The 27-year-old first burst on to the music scene in 2006 after making a name for herself in the Egyptian opera circle thanks to her powerful renditions of Umm Kulthoum songs.

New Yorkers Karen Erickson and Vicki Sarge launched Erickson Beamon in 1983. Their particular brand of timeless, old-world charm they call “new vintage” with bright baubles that could have been raided from Grandma’s jewellery box.

Monday

Emmy Rossum says she had some real-life sisterly advice for Emma Kenney, who plays her little sister on the R-rated Showtime series "Shameless."Rossum, 25, told Chelsea Handler on a recent episode of the comedienne's E! talk show "Chelsea Lately" that she taught Kenney, 12, how to shave her legs.

"We have nude scenes so I was in the trailer, shaving my legs before a nude scene and she came in the trailer and I'm in like, you know, pasties and my robe, getting ready for my naked scene and she's like, 'Oh, that's how you ... shaving your legs? I've never done that before' and I was like, 'Yeah, let's do it,'" Rossum said.

"So then, we're lathering her up and she's shaving and of course, when I called my mom when I went home, I was like, 'Yeah, we shaved her legs,' the actress added. "She was like, 'You robbed her mother of that experience. She's becoming a woman. You're taking it away from her.' So I felt terrible."

In "Shameless," a comedy drama, Rossum plays Fiona, a young adult who raises her younger brothers and sister. Their father, played by William H. Macy, is an alcoholic who has let down the impoverished family multiple times, but still spends time with them. He lives with their neighbor, an agoraphobic woman played by Joan Cusack. The children's mother left the family to be with her girlfriend.

Kate Middleton turns 30 on Monday - but royal fans expecting a lavish birthday bash to mark the milestone will be disappointed.Palace officials say the Duchess of Cambridge's birthday celebration will be a "low-key and private" affair, appearing to quash press reports that she will see off her 20s with a fun '80s themed party, complete with karaoke, in a throwback to her more carefree bachelorette days.

Demi Lovato overcame her demons over the past year with admitted issues which included drugs and alcohol use to "numb" the pain, cutting, and an eating disorder, but now she's ready to put that all behind her and use it to benefit herself and her career.

Fernanda Tavares was born September 22, 1980, in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. It was clear early on that the budding brown-eyed brunette would become a certified beauty, and by the age of 9, she was doing smaller gigs in her hometown.Apparently, she won the Elite Look of the Year contest at 13, and was invited by agents to go to Sao Paulo to pursue modeling a year later. Suffice it to say, she hasn't stopped working since.

Isabeli Bergossi Fontana was born on July 4, 1983, in Curitiba, in the Paraná region of Brazil. She has two siblings; brothers Harrison and Heric. By the time she was merely 12 years of age, Isabeli told her mother that she wanted to become a model.In 1996, she was a finalist in an Elite Model Look Contest in São Paulo, and the following year, at the age of only 14, she traveled from her native Brazil to Milan, to start working as a model.

Ana Beatriz Barros was born in Itabira, a tiny town in Brazil, on May 29, 1982. Ana was raised in the cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro after her family moved there.The hazel-eyed beauty was discovered by the director of Elite Model Management while vacationing on the beaches of Brazil. He encouraged her to enter the Elite Look Of The Year contest.

Gisele Bundchen, one of two beautiful Bundchen twins, was born and raised in Brazil where in a twist that would make her future husband smile -- she was substantially more interested in an athletic career than a modeling one. While Gisele Bundchen’s thin, agile frame lent itself well to her preferred sport of volleyball, it also attracted cruel comparisons from her schoolmates to Popeye’s gal pal, Olive Oil, and various local shorebirds. After a stint in a modeling class, Gisele Bundchen would get the last laugh during a 1994 field trip to Sao Paulo where she was approached by modeling reps from Elite. After a second-place finish in the Brazilian installment of the Elite Look of the Year competition in 1995, Gisele Bundchen made the top five in the world version, and left for New York City in 1996.

Just one day after Beyonce gave birth, her famous BFF has clarified a major detail online, revealing the correct name of Bey's beautiful newborn daughter.Some sources reported the name one way, while others flipped the little one's first and middle names. But thanks to Gwyneth's Tweet , we know ...

It's Blue Ivy Carter, not Ivy Blue Carter!It's all semantics really. We liked the name Ivy Blue, but Blue Ivy also has a cool, different ring to it. More importantly, she has two very loving, protective parents.Not to mention, she's already one of the most famous celebrity babies of all time.

Sunday

Emma Stone will play a novice drug dealer in the upcoming movie Little White Corvette.The 23-year-old landed one of the lead roles in the movie, which is a story about a girl and her brother who travel to Miami to sell a bag of cocaine that their late father left in his car.The project will feature a script by Michael Diliberti. He was also originally set to direct the film, but producers Scott Aversano and Will Russell-Shapiro are looking for another director. The film's script was acquired by GK Films, which has a selection of high-profile movies ready for this year, including Brad Pitt's World War Z, Ben Affleck's Argo, and Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.

Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, who celebrated his 46th birthday on Friday, thanked his fans across the world for their good wishes.Rahman said in Twitter page "Hi! This is A.R. and wishing you a very happy 2012. Thank you for all your wishes for my birthday. I won't be in Chennai this time, I am travelling abroad. So thank you for your kind wishes. God bless you all."

The composer has good things to look forward in 2012. He has in his kitty several southern projects like Rana, Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru, Kochadaiyaan and Pookkadai as well as an untitled Hindi movie with Yash Chopra.For now, he is upbeat about a five-city tour of Babelsberg, a German film orchestra, that will perform orchestral interpretations of Rahman's film compositions. The orchestra will be joined by choir members from Rahman's KM Conservatory.